Yoga Studies Major (BA) • TRA463 in Yogic and Tantric Traditions: A Practicum (3) "The technique of a world-changing has to be as uniform, Anatomy sinuous, patient, all-including as the world itself. If it does not deal with Choose 3 Credits all the difficulties or possibilities and carefully deal with each necessary • PAR101 Experiential Anatomy (3) element, does it have any chance of success?"— • PSYB332 Human Anatomy (3) A Bachelor of Arts degree (120 credits) consists of Core Curriculum (30 credits) and at least one major (36–60 credits), as well as Language minors and/or elective courses of the student’s choosing. • REL355 Introductory : The Language of the Gods (3) Naropa University's Yoga Studies program is dedicated to the Enrichment Electives education, preservation, and application of the vast teachings Choose 6 credits of yoga. The program offers a comprehensive study of yoga's • PSYB304 Somatic Intelligence: The Neuroscience of Our history, theory, and philosophy, as well as providing an in-depth Body-Mind Connection (3) immersion and training in its practice and methodologies. Balancing • REL210 Religion & Mystical Experience (3) cognitive understanding with experiential learning, students study • REL247 Embodying Sacred Wisdom: Modern Saints (3) the transformative teachings of yogic traditions while gaining the • REL277 Sanskrit I (4) necessary knowledge and skills to safely and effectively teach • REL334 Hindu (3) yoga. • REL351 Theories of Alternative Spiritualities and New Religious The curriculum systematically covers the rich and diverse history, Movements (3) literature, and philosophies of traditions of yoga, while immersing • TRA100 Shambhala Meditation Practicum (3) students in the methodologies of , including , • TRA114 Indian Devotional and Raga Singing (3) , and meditation. In addition, students study Sanskrit, • TRA314 Indian Devotional and Raga Singing II (3) , anatomy, yoga therapy, , Tantra, and , • TRA499 Independent Study (0.5–4.0) all while engaging in an intensive teacher training curriculum. This major trains and encourages students to develop practice as a way Capstone of life, one that informs livelihood, health, creative expression, and • TRA433 Yoga IV: Yoga Teacher Training (3) service to community. • TRA449 Yoga V: Yoga Teacher Training (3) • TRA485 BA Wisdom Traditions Retreat (1) Upon completion, students earn both a bachelor's degree and a • TRA489 BA Wisdom Traditions Capstone (2) 1,000-hour certificate in Naropa Yoga Teacher Training, which meets and exceeds the 500-hour requirement of Yoga Alliance. Total Credits: 36 All graduates are eligible to become Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT500) with Yoga Alliance. Yoga Studies Course Listings (TRA) Certificate Program TRA100 Traditional Eastern Arts Certificate – Yoga Teacher Shambhala Meditation Practicum (3.0) Training The Shambhala tradition, taught by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, is a secular path of spiritual training. Students learn sitting meditation Naropa University also offers a certificate program in Yoga and study the principles of Shambhala Warriorship, which involves Teacher Training for non-degree-seeking students. Learn more about developing personal courage and social responsibility. The the program. class combines meditation, writing, and a variety of exercises to give direct experience of and our own senses. The Yoga Studies Major Requirements connection between the arts and meditation is also explored and would be of interest to anyone exploring their own creative process. Required Courses A slogan of the class is "Notice what you notice" (a phrase Allen Gateway Ginsberg coined). Cross-listed as TRA500. • TRA133 Yoga I: Foundations (3) TRA105 Milestone Taijiquan I (T'ai Chi Ch'uan): Beginning Form (3.0) Students are introduced to the short Yang style of Taijiquan • TRA233 Yoga II: The Energetic Body (3) developed by Grandmaster Cheng Manching. The first section of • TRA333 Yoga III: Synthesis (3) the form is taught. Students are introduced to the philosophy and • TRA453 Yoga History, Theory, and Philosophy (3) theory of Taijiquan. Students develop a personal practice based on the principles of relaxation, separation of yin and yang, moving

1 Naropa Course Catalog 2019—2020 from the center, maintaining an upright body, and developing section of the form is refined and the remainder of the form is taught. sensitive hands. Cross-listed as TRA505. Students develop a deeper understanding of Taijiquan principles and the practice of embodying them. Prerequisite: TRA105. Cross- TRA110 listed as TRA525. Aikido I (3.0) We begin with centering ourselves and bringing that awareness TRA210 to the situation of "conflict." We simultaneously practice the kata Aikido II (3.0) of clean, powerful attacks and harmonious defense responses, This class continues to build directly on the basic aikido teachings and ukemi, the art of falling. We emphasize extending and philosophy to create a more centered and calm response to and transforming the encounter to one of excitement and harmony. conflict in a martial encounter or in our everyday personal lives. Bokken-aikido sword is introduced. We establish links to the aikido Relaxed, nonaggressive learning is emphasized. Greater stamina lineage and training communities. We support our embodied of body and attention is developed. We support our embodied experience by reading and reporting on texts of aikido history, experience by reading and reporting on texts of aikido history, philosophy, and technique. We study other contemporary sensei philosophy, and technique. We study the practice and ideas of through video and visits to seminars. We journal our practice and other contemporary sensei on video and visits to seminars. We write reflection papers. Cross-listed as TRA510. write papers and journals to enhance our mental reflection and insight on the complexity of our training experience. Prerequisite: TRA114 TRA110. Cross-listed as TRA530. Indian Devotional and Raga Singing (3.0) Singing, first of sixty-four traditional Indian arts, is an ancient system TRA220 of yoga. Students learn to sing ; that consist of naming Ikebana/Kado II (3.0) and manifesting god; svarasseven goddess tones, the notes from This class offers further exploration and in-depth study of ikebana, which all traditional scales are derived; and ragas, crystals of pure the Japanese art of flower arranging. Prerequisite: TRA120. Cross- sound. We study sonic transformation, or the means of transforming listed as TRA540. consciousness and awareness using sound, such as (word is god), Nada Brahma (sound is god), etc. All TRA233 students play the tambura, a stringed drone instrument. Cross-listed Yoga II: The Energetic Body (3.0) as TRA514. This course centers on the academic and experiential study of the energetic-body in the yoga traditions. Drawing from early Tantric TRA120 literature and philosophy as well as both its antecedents and later Ikebana/Kado I (3.0) developments, students will gain an understanding of the original Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging, stemming from views and functions of the system, as well as how it was a love of nature and a delight in discovering the elegance and adapted through yoga's globalization. Utilizing asana, pranayama, creativity of being human. Ikebana is also called "kado, the way meditation, and psychological inquiry, students will engage in an of flowers" because it is a meditative practice as well as an art experiential exploration of their own energetic body. Prerequisite: form. We study the classical and improvisational forms of the TRA133 or by permission of instructor. Cross-listed as TRA535. Sogetsu School of Ikebana, founded by Sofu Teshigahara, as well as Japanese culture. Ikebana teaches you that everyone has TRA305 the gentleness and courage of artistic expression. Cross-listed as Taijiquan III: Form Refinement and Internal Development TRA520. (3.0) Once students have completed learning the form, the next step is TRA133 to truly internalize the principles and begin applying them to life Yoga I (3.0) beyond solo practice. In this course, students refine and deepen An introduction to the vast tradition of yoga. Students gain both their understanding of the empty-handed Taijiquan form. Students an understanding of yoga in its historical and philosophical are introduced to neigong (internal development) practices that context and an experience of its methods, which constitute an to (chi) development and internal skills, as well as interactive in-depth exploration of breath, movement, and consciousness. partner work and the basic choreography of tui shou (push hands). Students engage with the practices of asana (postures designed Prerequisite: TRA205. Cross-listed as TRA545. to generate sensate awareness, alignment, strength, and ease), pranayama (breath awareness and control), and dharana and TRA310 dhyana (meditation practices). Cross-listed as TRA515. Aikido III (3.0) Calm confidence and grace emerge naturally with the continued TRA205 and consistent study of aikido movement. Bodies and concentration Taijiquan II: Completion of Form (3.0) strengthen. One becomes more comfortable with the "confusion," Students complete learning the full form of the short Yang style of the unknowing that precedes knowing. Becoming more relaxed Taijiquan developed by Grandmaster Cheng Manching. The first under pressure, speed, complexity, simplicity, and open-heartedness

2 Naropa Course Catalog 2019—2020 begin to enter the martial engagements. One begins to understand TRA453 how practice might become a lifetime commitment. Bokken Yoga History, Theory, and Philosophy (3.0) and tanto kata are added to intensify the empty hand practice. The course offers a broad and roughly chronological survey of the Readings, reflective writing, and attending seminars are required to thought and practice of yoga in . This will involve zooming in further the student's development. Prerequisite: TRA210. Cross-listed and out of some of India's most paramount and influential yogic as TRA550. traditions and considering their diverse range of answers to the following questions: what is yoga as both a goal and a practice, TRA314 who is the ideal , what are their most fundamental aims, and Indian Devotional and Raga Singing II (3.0) what kind of worlds do they inhabit? Text traditions examined will This course is a continuation of TRA114, Indian Devotional and include select Vedic sources, early Buddhist texts, Epic literature, Raga Singing. Sing your way to god. We enter two paths of the Yogasutras of and its commentaries, the , the devotion: praising divine forms and the mysteries of music. How , medieval Jain and Islamic texts, and the Hathayoga text does devotion hold us in the chaos and opportunity of the present? tradition. We master scales and sing deeper into raga melody . We learn to read music symbols in Sanskrit and to accurately TRA463 pronounce the Indian consonant matrix. We read the Meditation in Yogic and Tantric Traditions: A Practicum of Narada, and sing and read the texts of songs from the myriad (3.0) saint singers: Mirabai, Kabirdas, Dadu. Daily home practice This course will guide students through a comprehensive curriculum required. Prerequisite: TRA114 or permission of instructor. of meditative practice as formulated in Patanjali's Yogasutra. Patanjali's yogic system will constitute a foundation for the TRA333 practicum and will introduce subtle refinements in posture, methods Yoga III: Synthesis (3.0) for working with the breath and the energy of the senses, and This course integrates the breadth of yoga practice. In addition ways to harness the current of the mind, making space for the to deepening the practice of asana, students study advanced spontaneous unfolding of meditative awareness and the cultivation practices (pranayama), bandhas and (gestures of self-mastery. This core curriculum will serve as staging for more that direct the current of life-force), concentration practices fruitional modes of meditation revealed in tantric sources that (dharana), yogic methods of physical purification, meditation involve visualization and creative acts of imagination. Teachings (dhyana), internal and vocal sound (), Ayurveda, and more on meditative praxis will be supplemented by a study of the ways of yoga's rich literature and philosophy. Prerequisite: TRA233. of seeing and knowing advances by the source traditions, i.e., the Cross-listed as TRA555. dynamism of their fundamental views as well as their articulations of the purpose and goal of meditation. TRA433 Yoga IV: Yoga Teacher Training (3.0) TRA485 This course continues the study of an integral yoga practice, which BA Wisdom Traditions Retreat (1.0) combines asana, pranayama, concentration, and meditation. This weekend retreat takes place at the beginning of each In addition, this class serves as an introduction to Yoga Teacher fall semester and prepares students for BA Wisdom Traditions Training, intended to complement and conjoin Yoga V. Students Capstone in the spring semester. Engaging in contemplative continue their study of anatomy, yoga therapy, alignment, yoga practices together connects students to Naropa's spiritual and philosophy, as well as the fundamentals of designating a yoga cultural roots, instills a sense of community with faculty and peers, practice according to an individual's physical and psychological and restores energy and balance for the new academic year. constitution. Prerequisite: TRA333. Cross-listed as TRA561. Introduction to the field of religious studies from the perspective of contemplative education, as well as to important thematic and TRA449 analytic perspectives. Building community, forming friendships, and Yoga V: Yoga Teacher Training (3.0) sharing our mutual journey is central to this retreat. Cross-listed with Yoga V, in conjunction with Yoga IV, is designed to provide the REL485. Course fee. foundation and training needed for students who aspire to teach yoga. This class examines the various topics essential to being TRA489 a skilled yoga teacher, including yoga therapy; how to safely BA Wisdom Traditions Capstone (2.0) and effectively teach asana and pranayama; the principles of The Capstone class gives students the opportunity to create and effective speech; ethics; alignment; how to make adjustments; the present a capstone project that demonstrates student learning sequencing of postures; knowledge of the yoga tradition and and integration within their chosen concentrations. The range of philosophy; and the cultivation of one's authentic self-expression. possible capstone projects is broad and includes research papers, Students also gain regular practice and experience in teaching assistantships and internships, and original interactive projects. This yoga. Prerequisite: TRA333. Cross-listed as TRA574. TRA433 must course reviews religious studies as an academic discipline, with be taken simultaneously. a special emphasis on applying religious studies methodology to religious traditions and phenomena encountered in their major

3 Naropa Course Catalog 2019—2020 study. Special emphasis is placed on written and oral expression, integrative understanding, and the relationship between religious traditions and the personal spiritual understanding/journey. The principle that both outer and inner knowledge contribute to one's path, which was introduced at the beginning of the student's journey, is brought to fruition. The particular focus of the second half of the class is the final preparation and presentation of the senior project. Cross-listed with REL489.

TRA499 Independent Study: Traditional Eastern Arts (0.5-4.0) This course offering is an opportunity for students to engage in in- depth, concentrated study with a particular faculty member for a semester. The design of study and course work are decided upon by the student and faculty member. Independent Studies will count for a standard 3 credits. If a variable credit (0.5 - 4 credits) Independent Study is desired, a student must receive additional approval. See the Independent Study Application for further details.

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